Another weekend snowstorm shaping up

Wednesday

Get ready for another storm, say weather watchers, who are tracking a system that has the potential to dump more snow on the area for the third weekend in a row.

Get ready for another storm, say weather watchers, who are tracking a system that has the potential to dump more snow on the area for the third weekend in a row.

“There is a potential weekend storm. No specifics as far as snow amount, but it bears planning,” said Bill Simpson, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton.

The weather service issued a hazardous weather outlook late this afternoon for Greater New Bedford for Saturday night into Sunday.

"There is a high probability for a strong coastal storm ... late Saturday night into Sunday," the weather service said, bringing the potential for "heavy wet snow to portions of the region along with strong winds along the coast. ... Coastal flooding and beach erosion are possible along the (east) coastline with the highest risk during the Sunday morning high tide."

The last two storms developed offshore and affected mostly the southeastern part of the state, Simpson told the Herald.

“If this storm tracks closer to Cape Cod, then inland areas can expect plowable snow,” he said. “Their upper energy is coming from Alaska. Combine that with moisture from the ocean and as those two ingredients come together we'll have a pretty good storm coming up the coast.”

Standard-Times staff contributed to this report.

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